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Welcome to Guys Read

Welcome to Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Our mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.
Research shows that boys are having trouble reading, and that boys are getting worse at reading. No one is quite sure why. Some of the reasons are biological. Some of the reasons are sociological.
But the good news is that research also shows that boys will read — if they are given reading that interests them.
So the biggest part of this site is the collection of book titles below. These are books that guys have told us they like.
Our idea is to help guys become readers by helping them find texts they want to read.
Get in there and start looking around. There is a little something for everyone.
And please help guys out by recommending more of your guy-favorites.

Listening to books is reading too.
Audiobooks let readers explore stories they might not otherwise try to read.
Audiobooks help readers pronounce words and feel the pace of storytelling.
Audiobooks offer a way to enjoy a story in a different way.
Go to Guys Listen to find (and recommend) audiobooks guys like.

June 2010

=//Miracle Wimp//=

Erik P. Kraft

The story of a year in Tom Mayo’s high school career. Shop class, flag football, pickle spears and coffee. Funny, short, and true chapters. Even funnier illustrations. Erik P. Kraft is a writer/illustrator more readers should know. (His Lenny and Mel books are worth looking for too.)
Go to the Book of the Month
More Books on the Home Page =//Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Subsitute//=

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Looking for a fast, funny graphic novel series? Look no further. Lunch Lady is here. And she is all that and more.

IRA Chicago, 2010

It’s time to hang out with some reading teachers. Jon Scieszka will be at IRA on Monday, April 26, speaking on a panel about engaging adolescent readers (3-5:45 in the McCormick Center). Stop by and join the fun. Kelly Gallagher, author of READICIDE, is speaking too.
Posted by Jon on Sunday, April 25, 2010
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Mysterious occurrences

• //Sunwing//
• //Skellig//
• //Among the Hidden//
• //Green Eggs and Ham//
• //The Graveyard Book//
• //Hidden Talents//
• //Out from Boneville//

Action/Adventure

• //The Time Paradox//
• //Far North//
• //The Phantom Tollbooth//
• //Simpson Comics//
• //Redwall//
• //Maniac Magee//
• //Headlock//

Outer space, but with aliens

• //When the Tripods Came//
• //Simpson Comics//
• //The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies//
• //Star Wars DK Readers//
• //Ignatius MacFarland: Frequenaut!//
• //The Homer Book//
• //The Illustrated Man//

How to build stuff

• //Rocket Boys//
• //Paddle To The Sea//
• //Trains//
• //Brian’s Winter//
• //Skateboarder Magazine//
• //Road and Track Magazine//
• //Trucks//

Monkeys and/or apes

• //The Far Side Comics//
• //A Series of Unfortunate Events//
• //Tintin//
• //The PreHistory of the Far Side//
• //Science Verse//
• //Caps for Sale//
• //Monkey vs. Robot//

Classics that Actually Hold Up

• //Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia//
• //Mad Magazine//
• //What Do People Do All Day?//
• //Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness//
• //Dubliners//
• //Stuart Little//
• //The PreHistory of the Far Side//

Funny

• //Time Warp Trio Series, #3: The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy//
• //Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Subsitute//
• //Slot Machine//
• //Hidden Talents//
• //Charlie and the Chocolate Factory//
• //Burger Wuss//
• //The Homer Book//

Ghosts

• //The Sherlock Holmes Stories//
• //TRUCKTOWN Ready-To-Roll Series: The Spooky Tire//
• //Unreal//
• //The Graveyard Book//
• //Kit’s Wilderness//
• //A Living Nightmare//
• //Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark//

Repairing shoes, but are written only in Spanish

• //Como Reparar Salzado//

Dragons

• //Elmer and the Dragon//
• //My Father’s Dragon//
• //Out from Boneville//
• //Time Warp Trio Series, #1: Knights of the Kitchen Table//
• //Eragon//
• //The Dragons of Blueland//
• //Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher//

Sports

• //Athletic Shorts//
• //Slot Machine//
• //Skateboarder Magazine//
• //Lion’s Tale//
• //WWE Magazine//
• //Headlock//
• //Sleeping Freshman Never Lie//

Scary

• //Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone//
• //Feed//
• //The Return of the King//
• //Scary Stories 3//
• //The Field Guide//
• //Ball Peen Hammer//
• //Interstellar Pig//
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